Monday, July 9, 2012

THE THIN MAN by Dashiell Hammett

Finished Mo 7/9/12


I am not a fan of this particular style of mystery novel. Many characters are introduced and set in motion with the barest of background. The plots are always wildly tangled, and when the 'evil doer' is finally revealed, the author spends five or ten pages telling us 'why' and 'how'. I prefer mysteries that are driven by character development, and that's why I didn't like this author or anything in the Agatha Christie catalog. I would rather read anything by John D. MacDonald than these kinds of 'whodunits'.

Nick and Nora drink a lot(too much!), and have a cute dog, but that's not enough to make me care, or come back for more. Maybe the film is better.

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